BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin Wallace University junior women's tennis player Katy Marshall (Medina/ Senior) celebrated her 21st birthday today (Wednesday, April 28, 2010) with a three-set win in the deciding match as the Yellow Jackets defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Otterbein College, 5-4, at the "Pop" Collins Courts in Berea for its 10th straight victory and the outright lead in the OAC Standings.

With the score tied at 4-4, Marshall defeated Sarah Jenney, 6-2, 4-6 and 6-3 to clinch the victory for BW and put an exclaimation point on her birthday.

The Yellow Jackets and Cardinals entered the match as the only two undefeated teams in the league. With its win, BW improves to 13-7 overall and a perfect 7-0 in the OAC and next plays on Friday, April 30 when it travels to New Concord for a match at Muskingum University (2-12 overall and 0-8 in the OAC) and then ends the OAC regular season with a match at Wilmington College (6-7 overall, 5-2 OAC) on Sunday, May 2 at 1:00 p.m. A pair of wins would give the Yellow Jackets their third OAC regular season championship in the last four years and the number one seed in next week's OAC Tournament.  With its loss, Otterbein falls to 17-4 overall and ends its OAC regular season at 8-1.

The Yellow Jackets took a 2-1 lead in doubles as the number one duo of junior Caitlyn Pecinovsky (Whitehall/ Columbus Bishop Hartley) and freshman Rebecca Mittler (Elyria Catholic) won, 9-7 and the No.2 tandem of juniors Emily Pelosi (Uniontown/ Green) and Marshall won, 8-2.

BW won three of six singles matches to clinch the win. Mittler won at No.3, Pelosi won at No.4 and Marshall won at No.6.  Pelosi tops the team in singles wins with 15 and is 15-4 overall, Marshall is second with 14 victories and is 14-6 overall and Mittler is 12-9 overall.

The 2010 OAC Championship Tournament begins next Tuesday, May 4 and BW will host a home match against a yet to be determined opponent at 3:30 p.m. on the Collins Courts.  The OAC Final Four is on Friday and Saturday, May 7-8 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. The winner of the OAC Tournament receives the OAC's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III National Tournament.

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Tennis Match Results
Apr 28, 2010 at Berea, Ohio
Baldwin Wallace University 5, Otterbein College 4

Singles competition
1. Brittany Rings (OTT) def. Caitlyn Pecinovksy (BW-W) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Cheryl Thinnes (OTT) def. Jenny Greene (BW-W) 6-1, 6-2
3. Rebecca Mittler (BW-W) def. Megan Asterino (OTT) 6-4, 6-4
4. Emily Pelosi (BW-W) def. Megan Anders (OTT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Taylor Jordan (OTT) def. Andrea Essig (BW-W) 6-1, 6-2
6. Katy Marshall (BW-W) def. Sarah Jenney (OTT) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Caitlyn Pecinovksy/Rebecca Mittler (BW-W) def. Brittany Rings/Cheryl Thinnes (OTT) 9-7
2. Emily Pelosi/Katy Marshall (BW-W) def. Jena Smith/Megan Asterino (OTT) 8-2
3. Megan Anders/Kylie Hammons (OTT) def. Andrea Essig/Jenny Greene (BW-W) 8-4